Connecticut western news., 1887-07-06
HERE AND THERE.

bined, for music alone in July and Aug ust, $3O,O0O.
 Cucumbers, college graduates, and other green things are now plentiful Boston Globe.
 Miss Clara Louise Kellogg sailed for Europe on the North German Lloyd l steamer Aller, last Wednesday.
 Wesleyan university conferred the honorary degree of IL. D. upon Cover nor Lounsbury last Thursday.
 Yale beat Harvard by five lengths in the four mile boat race at New Lon don last Friday; time 22:56.
 "Alcyon' the $2O, ,OOO stallion belong ing to the Elizur Smith stock farm at Lee, Mass, died Monday from infama- tion of the bowels.
 c. K. Hunt and Dr H. M. Eddy, of Winsted, have purchased building lots on the Boulevard and will soon erect summer cottages on them. The Winsted House has been leased to Mir l.. B. Gillett, of Collinsville, who will fix it up in good shape and run it as temperance house.
 Prof Dana of Yale, wife and daughter, start Friday for the Sandwich Islands. He will make some observations on the volcano, supplementary to those of Nov | ember 194O. Nellie Case, age 1e, of Collinsville, foolishly pointed pistol at the head of | 8 friend, July 4, and then at herself. The weapon was discharged and as result Nellie is dead The summer concerts in Norfolk are to be given earlier this season than usual-during the week commencing l July IS, instead of the first week in | August.
 Mrs Triphenia Bevans, of Danbury, aged 1O3 years, attended a picnic at Roton on Monday, and apparently en- | joyed it as we'll as the other giddy girls.-[ Norwalk Record.
 The Clarke House in Winsted, which has been thoroughly repaired, painted and newly furnished throughout, will | also be newly named, and hereafter will | be known as Hotel Andrews" Governor Hill, of New York, has signed the bill extending to January, 1889, the time for completing the Poughkeepsie bridge, which expired under the terms of the charter, Janua- ry 1st, 1888. It has lately been discovered that an Italian nobleman, who frequented the most exclusive London society and | clubs at night, sells tinware from a handcart in the suburbs during the day.
 The stockholders of the Naugatuck railroad met at the company's office in Bridgeport last Thursday and ratified the lease of the road made by the direc- tors to the Consolidated road for term of ninety y-nine years.
 The county commissioners and the Jail committee have selected jail site on land of Henry Gay, at the intersec- tion of Pratt and East Lake streets in West Winsted. The site comprises four acres. Price $1, 1000.
 Anson P. Merrill, aged s4, Maine's venerable ex-governor died at Augusta at II o'clock Monday morning, July 4. The body is to be embalmed and the funeral will be held the latter part of the week.
 P. T. Barnum celebrated his 77th l birthday Monday by giving clambake at Waldemere to thirty of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. | The veteran snowman says he never felt in better health.- Hartford Post. Between 4OOO and 5000 people wit messed Prof Brooks balloon ascension at Cherry Park July f. Deputy Sheriff Whelock of Collinsville, was the only occupant of the car with the Professor. They landed safely near Worcester, Mass. ....
 To-day, July 6, is Jacob Sharps 7Oth birthday. His health has been gradual ly growing worse since he has been lodged in Ludlow street jail awaiting sentence for bribery. He is so i'll that he is unable to leave his bed and his friends have become alarmed.
 A majority of the members of the Willimantic Congregational church have voted in favor of withdrawing from the Windham county conference of churches taking this action in support of Rev s. k. Free, who Is charged with being unorthodox.
 Editor Ellendorf says: 1: 'sIt is gener- ally supposed that all the people who took refuge in Noah's ark were saved. This Is Q popular error. The man who was to publish a newspaper to suit everybody fell overheard and was drowned"
 The superior court at Litchtield re-
 gently granted the following divorces
 Annie l.. from Frank E. Judson. Pat
 rick T., from Clarissa Mcconnell. Sarah
 from Henry $ Hall. Julia M., from
 Edwin R Doolittle. Emeline M., from
 Ashbell w Churchill.
 The Hartford Courant offers the fol.
 lowing solution for the vexed Indian
 problem ~" Let us organize our Indi.
 ans into Wild West shows and send
 them to Europe to exhibit in charge o1
 army officers. We could thus make the
 Indians pay for their own support and
 be able in few years to pay off ou, entire national debt from the profits" The Masonic Grand Lodge of Dakots
 passed the following resolution ''That
 no person who Is engaged in the busi
 ness of keeping saloon or of retailing intoxicating liquors to be used as Q bev craze, shall be initiated in any subordi
 nate lodge in this jurisdiction No1
 shall any brother mason who is engaged
 in such business be received in any lodge by affiliation."
 Connecticut credit is good. For S1,. 0O0,0O0 3s per cent bonds over $6,OOO,. 1 GOO was bid and tue million was taken at fair premium. The debt of the state is now funded at $4, 100000, o1 which $1,740,0OO is of 3 per cent, the remainder B per cent. Virginia might l learn lesson from Connecticut. The
 reason why the Nutmeg states credit is SD oood is hecausa if navs its dahts